deck

A floor on a ship or boat, especially the open area outside.

• We stood on deck and watched the sea.
• The sailors cleaned the wooden deck.
• Passengers gathered on the upper deck.

Common phrases: on deck, upper deck, deck of something

A complete set of cards used for playing games.

• I bought a new deck of cards.
• Shuffle the deck before we play.
• Two jokers were missing from the deck.

Similar words: pack

Common phrases: deck of cards, shuffle the deck

A flat outdoor area attached to a building, where people can sit or enjoy the view.

• We ate lunch on the deck.
• They built a wooden deck behind the house.
• The observation deck offers views across the city.

Similar words: terrace

Common phrases: wooden deck, observation deck, on the deck

A floor or level of a vehicle or structure, similar to a ship’s floor.

• We sat on the bus’s top deck.
• The lower deck has space for bags.
• Cars filled both decks of the parking structure.

Similar words: level, floor

Common phrases: top deck, upper deck, lower deck

A level inside a ship, including the space between one floor and the next.

• The crew slept on the lower deck.
• Guns filled the ship’s gun deck.
• This deck contains cabins for forty passengers.

Similar words: level

Common phrases: gun deck, lower deck

The flat part of a bridge that carries people or vehicles.

• The bridge deck needs repairs.
• Engineers inspected the concrete deck.
• Traffic stopped while workers replaced part of the deck.

Similar words: roadway

Common phrases: bridge deck, concrete deck

To hit someone hard enough to make them fall to the ground.

• He threatened to deck me.
• She decked the attacker with one punch.
• The boxer was decked in the first round.

Similar words: knock down, floor

Common phrases: deck someone, threaten to deck

To decorate something or dress someone in attractive clothes, often for a special occasion.

• They decked the hall with flowers.
• She decked herself out in bright clothes.
• We decked out the room for the party.

How to use it: deck something with something (They decked the doorway with ribbons.); deck someone/something out in something (He decked himself out in a gold jacket.)

Similar words: decorate, adorn

Common phrases: deck out something, deck with something